Organized Crime Figure. Born Irving Wexler in New York City, New York's Lower East Side, he became one of the most powerful Prohibition-era alcohol smugglers on the Eastern coast of the United States. His power ended when Prohibition was repealed in 1933. In 1951, Gordon was sentenced to twenty-five years in Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California after being convicted of being a narcotics peddler and fourth-time offender, where he died natural causes in 1952.
Organized Crime Figure. Born Irving Wexler in New York City, New York's Lower East Side, he became one of the most powerful Prohibition-era alcohol smugglers on the Eastern coast of the United States. His power ended when Prohibition was repealed in 1933. In 1951, Gordon was sentenced to twenty-five years in Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco, California after being convicted of being a narcotics peddler and fourth-time offender, where he died natural causes in 1952.
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IRVING WEXLER
JAN. 19, 1888
JUNE 24, 1952
BELOVED HUSBAND
DEAREST FATHER
Yitzhak bar Leib
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